I was reading an interview with the screenplay writer for Goblet of Fire, Steve Kloves, in The Los Angeles Times today. During the interview, he talks about Snape (and praises Alan Rickman):

"... he has no idea whether Professor Severus Snape is guilty .... He is happy that Snape plays such a large role in the sixth book, mainly because he loves writing for Alan Rickman, who plays the professor.

"It's hard because if you look at the books, Snape really just sort of hovers, as a threat, more than actually does something," Kloves says. "And Alan is just a wonderful actor. He always says the lines exactly as I write them, including the ellipses*. I have never met an actor who could act out ellipses, but Alan can."

He also said two other things I found very interesting:

"They want to film the two [Order of the Phoenix & Half-Blood Prince] as close to back-to-back as they can," Kloves says. "Because the kids are really starting to grow up."

"Jo [JK Rowling] has been very generous and helpful," he says. "She won't give anything away but occasionally she'll give me a wink, or let me know if I'm picking up on something that is going to become important later."

If you'd like to read the entire interview, click here.

el·lip·sis [n. pl. el·lip·ses (-sz)]

1. a.) The omission of a word or phrase necessary for a complete syntactical construction but not necessary for understanding. b.) An example of such omission.
2. A mark or series of marks (... or * * *, for example) used in writing or printing to indicate an omission, especially of letters or words.

Damn! I cant WAIT to see it....this weekend...this weekend....

As I suspected it made a boatload of money over the weekend. I wouldn't mind having a smidgeon of JK's cut!

Hey chicky!! Followed you home from Michele's again! Glad to see you're getting settled in here.

What a GREAT interview! ANd they'd better do them back to back...

p.s. - love your new house and couldnt Megan find a naked picture of Snape to use? (grin)

I'm a little concerned about your fondness for Snape, but thanks for the congrats over at my place. I can't wait to see the movie!

I'm a little concerned about your fondness for Snape, but thanks for the congrats over at my place. I can't wait to see the movie!